Matty

The GTA Vice City rendition was the best, followed by GTA Vice City Stories in my opinion.

As Miamivicecity stated, the empire buildings being dotted all over the city and the presence of less enterable buildings in GTA Vice City Stories gives the impression that it is a city that is still under construction. As a result, it just doesn't have the overall charm and atmosphere that the rendition in GTA Vice City has (though the storyline of GTA Vice City Stories is somewhat darker than that of GTA Vice City).

G.S.T

Although they were pretty much the same city, it felt different in both Vice City and Vice City Stories. I didn't like how in Vice City Stories so many buildings were different (not very realistic considering it was only 2 years before) and the grass was way too green. On a positive note, it did appear to have more neon effects at night.

And I can't imagine anyone picking the GTA 1 version unless they're just screwing around.

ThatSpecialSomeone

Even though I enjoyed VCS, Vice City (2002) was clearly better for me. Vice city just didn't feel like Vice city with all those incomplete buildings, empires etc.

Agreed. 1986's Vice city looked way better than 1984 one just didn't feel right with these empire buildings though I liked that feature. But on other hand VCS was more colorful which looked great, but I still prefer original VC.

OmeXr

VCS had like 100 interiors ingame, while VC had only like 10. So they had to balance this. If they gave you Malibu, Ocean Hotel, Mitch Baker's bar etc. in VCS, VCS would become an ultimate rendition of the city, so no one would ever go back to the 2002 game.

damian001

VCS had like 100 interiors ingame, while VC had only like 10. So they had to balance this. If they gave you Malibu, Ocean Hotel, Mitch Baker's bar etc. in VCS, VCS would become an ultimate rendition of the city, so no one would ever go back to the 2002 game.

Quality > Quantity

I didn't need multiples of the same interior. Empire building was cool, but the interiors were bland and repetitive. Vice City's interiors were more diverse.

ThatSpecialSomeone

VCS had like 100 interiors ingame, while VC had only like 10. So they had to balance this. If they gave you Malibu, Ocean Hotel, Mitch Baker's bar etc. in VCS, VCS would become an ultimate rendition of the city, so no one would ever go back to the 2002 game.

But Malibu club was iconic, I understand that they had to make it different and they really did, but lack of Malibu club in VCS dissapointed me.

VCS had like 100 interiors ingame, while VC had only like 10. So they had to balance this. If they gave you Malibu, Ocean Hotel, Mitch Baker's bar etc. in VCS, VCS would become an ultimate rendition of the city, so no one would ever go back to the 2002 game.

Um no. For me anyway VCS' rendition of VC felt cartoony with all the bright colours and such. VC's VC has always felt more real and almost Scarface like in compariosn which is what I prefer. It wouldn't matter to me how many interiors there are. That's not the charm of the city IMO.